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1
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Chagrin

A

Keen feeling of mental unease

2
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Meliorate

A

To make better or improve

3
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Undermine

A

To weaken; injure; destroy

4
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Promulgate

A

To promote or make widely known

5
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Obloquy

A

Strong public criticism or verbal abuse; disgrace

6
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Recompense

A

To compensate

7
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Diaphanous

A

Light, delicate, translucent

8
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Inimical

A

Tending to obstruct or harm; unfriendly; hostile

9
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Pernicious

A

Having a harmful effect in a gradual or subtle way

10
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Benign

A

Having a kind disposition; gentleness

11
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Contumacious

A

Stubbornly or willfully disobedient

12
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Endemic

A

Characteristic of a specific people or place

13
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Irresolute

A

Uncertain

14
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Seditious

A

Action promoting rebellion

15
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Cabal

A

Group of people united in a plot

16
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Artifice

A

Clever or cunning expeditions; trick; craft

17
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Hegemony

A

Influence or authority over others; social,cultural, ideological influence over others

18
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Imprecation

A

Curse

19
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Plucky

A

Spirited, brave

20
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Ribald

A

Crude, offensice

21
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Traitorous

A

Guilty or capable of treason

22
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Politic

A

Using or marked by prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; artful

23
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Myopic

A

Lack of foresight